CVE-2005-3737 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.4% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in the SVG importer (style.cpp) of inkscape 0.41 through 0.42.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SVG file with long CSS style property values.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.42% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-11-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| inkscape | inkscape |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Inkscape 0.41/0.42 - '.SVG' Image Buffer Overflow | 2005-11-21 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330894
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/inkscape/inkscape/src/style.cpp?r1=1.110&r2=1.110.2.1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17882
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/58
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-916
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-22.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15507
- http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-217-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2511
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330894
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/inkscape/inkscape/src/style.cpp?r1=1.110&r2=1.110.2.1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17882
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/58
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